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A few basic principles to keep in mind related to your question: - The longer the physical distance that the CB travels before hitting the OB, the less margin of error there is for the hit. - The more rails you need to hit, the harder the hit is to judge on average. An exception for this is...

1 or 2 railer depending on which one is more reliable for you. For situations like this it's all about being realistic about your own skillset. If you don't have a clue what your odds are for either case, you need to kick more. If the two options are close enough in hit probability for the...

These types of references are certainly useful in any discipline. For example in rotation game safeties, you often want to leave both the CB and OB in a certain zone. The odds of the exact reference shot coming up in a real match is almost 0%, but using a reference as a baseline (e.g. ratio...

Strong field for sure. Out of the 8 highest fargo rated players from Finland, 7 are playing: Petri Makkonen, Jani Uski, Kim Laaksonen and Casper Matikainen all in the 780-795 range, then Jere Virtaranta, Riku Romppanen and Arseni Sevastyanov in the 745-760 range. Only Mika Immonen (786)...

You mean this? As for the usefulness, it's a fine learning tool for beginners, but too inaccurate to be useful past that.

My mental checklist/list of tips for severely jacked up shots: 1. Keep it simple for shot selection. If you need to jack up, avoid sidespin or power shots unless absolutely necessary. 2. Extra focus/deliberation on the PSR when stepping into the shot to ensure proper clearance and distance...

The issue here is that two wrongs don't make a right. Whether you intend to hit with side or dead center you will still miss the pot if you mishit the CB by the same amount. Applying side doesn't magically make different amounts of side on the same side of the CB cause an identical CB reaction...

In general, if it feels physically comfortable and doesn't lead to long term issues, go for it. Otherwise don't. If unsure about your form, consider a session with a coach/instructor to discuss what the optimal stance is for going low, to minimize unnecessary strain on the neck. At an old age...

It doesn't confuse everyone, even if it confuses you. A large portion of your input into more in-depth threads or posts is the same, claiming that things are being overcomplicated, even if a large amount of people clearly get something out of more in-depth analysis. Maybe not for you, that's...

I'll explain my method as someone who aims with ball overlaps by feel, no systems or contact points just the overlap image feeling correct for a given shot: While going down on the shot, OB 100%. Once down, I start with OB/CB back and forth multiple times, when looking at CB I focus on the tip...

The main reason you should do at least 99% of your aiming while standing is that this way when you step into the shot in a repeatable manner, your entire body is synced up with the correct shot line the same way each time. Head, arm, body, legs, everything the same. Whereas if you start changing...

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Set up the shot multiple times, try different variation of spin/speed. This will not only help you get more consistent with the execution, but more importantly realize which shot selection is the most consistent in terms of getting the position you want. This is a good example of a shot with a...

He had clear points in my opinion. What's the issue? Nowhere near word salad.

I'm talking about the conditions used in most pro tournaments, new slick cloth. When you compare that to the slow cloth, my opinion is that slow cloth is easier overall to run racks, if all other table conditions were the same. But I agree that a worn out, "average" used cloth of today is easier...

Slower cloth I'd argue is easier to run racks on than fast cloth, due to more margin of error on speed control. When people compare the two, they often focus solely on the extreme power shots, but not having a stroke for those on slow cloth cause missed position much less often than...

Offtopic, but good job in the TAOM HCP tour! On your way to winning 2000€ :D

Fair enough, in my framework of explanation I'd then say the same thing as; in this case the stun option would be hit hard enough to start causing technical issues, which then makes it subpar compared to the other option. So yeah, nothing I disagree with you on then.

I agree with 95% of what you are saying, and while bottom left is good for this particular shot, I disagree with your bolded statement being a positive thing. In general, one reason we want to use extra rails for the CB is to make our mistakes in speed control matter less for the outcome. For...

That's your opinion. Some are the opposite.